"The prophet Enoch’s vision of the mourning earth constitutes a poignant and remarkable confirmation of the reality of the earth’s spirit and capacity to experience pain. Enoch ascended a mountain and 'beheld the heavens open' and 'all nations of the earth.' After observing the Savior’s mortal ministry and wickedness of humankind, 'Enoch looked upon the earth; and he heard a voice from the bowels thereof, saying: Wo, wo is me, the mother of men; I am pained, I am weary, because of the wickedness of my children. When shall I rest, and be cleansed from the filthiness which is gone forth out of me? When will my Creator sanctify me, that I may rest, and righteousness for a season abide upon my face?' '[W]hen Enoch heard the earth mourn, he wept and cried unto the Lord, saying: O Lord, wilt thou not have compassion upon the earth?' Anguished by the vision, Enoch repeatedly asked the Lord, 'when shall the earth rest?' He learned that the earth would rest only after Zion was established and the Savior returned to the earth."